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Texas Speaker Warns Fleeing Dems That They Have A 'Mounting Debt' As DPS Tries To Track Them Down
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Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows told fleeing Democrats they are responsible for overtime for DPS.
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Members, the roll has been called and again a quorum is not present. What this
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means first, we cannot take up the critical flood response legislation
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scheduled for our floor today. Bills that would deliver and help families and
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communities who've lost their homes, their businesses, their livelihoods, and
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in some cases their loved ones. As I stated yesterday, the Department of
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Public Safety is keeping track of every taxpayer dollar that has been spent in
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their effort to compel our colleagues' attendance. As of today, the amount is well
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over six figures in just overtime. We have travel and operational costs that are
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being tracked as well. Under Rule 5, Section 3 of the House Rules, those absent
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members will be responsible for paying all of this back. If the devastation our
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Hill Country communities, the Texas Constitution, and their mounting debt
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aren't enough to bring them back today, they should yet again be reminded this is
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not going away. The work is not going away and the pressure on them will only grow.
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Since we do not have quorum today, members present are not going to be punished and
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they're going to be able to go home to their districts Wednesday and Thursday. But if it
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looks like quorum may be reached, be within six hours of the Capitol and be on call to
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return. I expect everybody on this chamber, in this chamber, every member to be here
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again Friday, physically in their seats and present.
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